Forests | Issue Cover Articles in 2022

The articles below have been selected as 2022 Issue Cover papers by the Editorial Office of Forests (ISSN: ISSN 1999-4907). These articles came from multiple fields within the scope of Forests, including forest fires, forest ecology and management, forest health, forest ecophysiology and biology, urban forestry, forest products, and forest modeling. We hope they can provide insights and references for scholars in these fields.

	1. “Scandinavian Forest Fire Activity Correlates with Proxies of the Baffin Bay Ice Cover” by Igor Drobyshev, Yves Bergeron, Nina Ryzhkova and Alexander Kryshen Forests 2022, 13(1), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010060 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/1/60
	2. “Response of Poplar Leaf Transcriptome to Changed Management and Environmental Conditions in Pure and Mixed with Black Locust Stands” by Oleksandra Kuchma, Jessica Rebola-Lichtenberg, Dennis Janz, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, Christian Ammer, Andrea Polle and Oliver Gailing Forests 2022, 13(2), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13020147 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/2/147
	3. “Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Pine Forests under Different Silvicultural and Climatic Regimes in Spain” by Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo, Francisco J. Ruiz-Gómez, Jesús J. Camarero, Víctor Castillo, Gonzalo G. Barberá, Guillermo Palacios-Rodríguez, Francisco B. Navarro, Juan A. Blanco, Juan B. Imbert, Antonio M. Cachinero-Vivar et al. Forests 2022, 13(3), 450; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13030450 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/3/450
	*4. “European Spruce Bark Beetle, Ips typographus* (L.) Males Are Attracted to Bark Cores of Drought-Stressed Norway Spruce Trees with Impaired Defenses in Petri Dish Choice Experiments”** by Sigrid Netherer, Martin Schebeck, Giuseppe Morgante, Verena Rentsch and Thomas Kirisits Forests 2022, 13(4), 537; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040537 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/4/537
	5. “Tree Water Status Affects Tree Branch Position” by Samuli Junttila, Mariana Campos, Teemu Hölttä, Lauri Lindfors, Aimad El Issaoui, Mikko Vastaranta, Hannu Hyyppä and Eetu Puttonen Forests 2022, 13(5), 728; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050728 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/5/728
	*6. “The Influence of the Provenance and Spatial Structure on the Growth of European Silver Fir (Abies alba* Mill.) of Autochthonous Origin in a Forest Plantation in the Białowieża Forest”** by Aleh Marozau, Uladzimir Kotszan, Justyna Nowakowska, Daria Berezovska, Warren Keith Moser, Tom Hsiang and Tomasz Oszako Forests 2022, 13(6), 831; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13060831 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/6/831
	7. “The Impact of Visual Defects and Neighboring Trees on Wind-Related Tree Failures” by Michael F. Nelson, Ryan W. Klein, Andrew K. Koeser, Shawn M. Landry and Brian Kane Forests 2022, 13(7), 978; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13070978 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/7/978
	8. “Assessment of Possible Production Leakage from Implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy on Forest Product Markets” by Franziska Schier, Susanne Iost, Björn Seintsch, Holger Weimar and Matthias Dieter Forests 2022, 13(8), 1225; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081225 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/8/1225
	9. “The Imprint of Droughts on Mediterranean Pine Forests” by Maria Royo-Navascues, Edurne Martínez del Castillo, Ernesto Tejedor, Roberto Serrano-Notivoli, Luis Alberto Longares, Miguel Angel Saz, Klemen Novak and Martin de Luis Forests 2022, 13(9), 1396; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091396 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/9/1396
	10. “Value of Information on Root and Butt Rot Presence When Choosing Tree Species for a Previously Spruce-Dominated Stand in Norway” by Ana Aza, Annika Kangas and A. Maarit I. Kallio Forests 2022, 13(10), 1562; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101562 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/10/1562
	11. “Water Retention Characteristics of Mineral Forest Soils in Finland: Impacts for Modeling Soil Moisture” by Samuli Launiainen, Antti-Jussi Kieloaho, Antti-Jussi Lindroos, Aura Salmivaara, Hannu Ilvesniemi and Juha Heiskanen Forests 2022, 13(11), 1797; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111797 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/11/1797
	12. “Wall-to-Wall Mapping of Forest Biomass and Wood Volume Increment in Italy” by Francesca Giannetti, Gherardo Chirici, Elia Vangi, Piermaria Corona, Fabio Maselli, Marta Chiesi, Giovanni D’Amico and Nicola Puletti Forests 2022, 13(12), 1989; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13121989 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/12/1989